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Great Lakes Water Life Photo Gallery
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Class
Monogononta-Order Ploima
Family Proalidae
| Image Link | Scientific Name | Lake Superior | Lake Michigan | Lake Huron |
Lake Erie | Lake Ontario | Habitat |
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Proales spp. | x | x | Littoral. | |||
| Proales decipiens | x | ||||||
| Proales parasita | x | ||||||
| Proales sordida | x | x | |||||
| Proales wernecki | x |
Based on: A Guide to the Rotifers of the Laurentian Great
Lakes. RS Stemberger. 1979. U.S. EPA. EPA-600.
with additions from:
A
Lakewide Comparison of Zooplankton Biomass and Its Species Composition
in Lake Erie, 1983-87. Makarewicz, Joseph C.J. Great Lakes Res. 19(2):275-290.
1993.
A
Decade of Predatory Control of Zooplankton Species Composition of Lake
Michigan. Makarewicz, Joseph C., Bertram, Paul, Lewis, Theodore, and
Brown, Jr., Edward H. J. Great Lakes Res. 21(4):620-640. 1995.
Feasibility
of Shoreside Monitoring of the Great Lakes. Makarewicz, Joseph C. J.
Great Lakes Res. 17(3):344-360. 1991.
Lake
Huron Rotifer and Crustacean Zooplankton, APRIL-JULY, 1980. Evans, Marlene
S. J. Great Lakes Res. 12(4):281-292. 1986.
Seasonal
Abundance of Planktonic Rotifers in a Nearshore Area of Central Lake
Michigan. Duffy, Walter G., and Liston, Charles R. J. Great Lakes Res.
4(1):46-49. 1978.
Lake
Superior: an invasion coldspot? 2003. Igor A. Grigorovich, Alexei V.
Korniushin, Derek K. Gray, Ian C. Duggan, Robert I. Colautti& Hugh
J. MacIsaac. Hydrobiologia 499: 191–210.
Proales spp. |
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Great Lakes Species: P. decipiens, P. parasita, P. sordida, P. wernecki |
Profile: Some species feed on algae, others are omnivorous. |
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